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A Death in Belmont, CD
by: Sebastian Junger

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Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 364.1523097444
EAN: 9780060829957
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
ISBN: 0060829958
Label: HarperAudio
Manufacturer: HarperAudio
Number Of Items: 7
Publication Date: April 01, 2006
Publisher: HarperAudio
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Studio: HarperAudio
Sales Rank: 305053

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Product Description:

In 1963, with the city of Boston already terrified by a series of savage crimes known as the Boston Stranglings, a murder occurred in the quiet suburb of Belmont, just a few blocks from the house of Sebastian Junger's family -- a murder that seemed to fit exactly the pattern of the Strangler. Roy Smith, a black man who had cleaned the victim's house that day, was arrested, tried, and convicted, but the terror of the Strangler continued.

Two years later, Albert DeSalvo, a handyman who had been working at the Jungers' home on the day of the Belmont murder, and had often spent time there alone with Sebastian and his mother, confessed in lurid detail to being the Boston Strangler.

This is the point of entry to Junger's first book-length project since The Perfect Storm: a narrowly averted tragedy for Junger's family opens out into an electrifying exploration of race and justice in America. By turns exciting and subtle, the narrative chronicles three lives that collide -- and are ultimately destroyed -- in the vortex of one of the first and most controversial serial murder cases in America. The power of the story and the brilliance of Junger's reporting place this book on the short shelf of classics beside In Cold Blood and Helter Skelter.

Read by Kevin Conway

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Interesting & Well Written
I very much enjoyed listening to the audiobook of "A Death in Belmont." It presents an interesting twist on the Boston Strangler(s) case.

Rating:

- Best Audiobook Ever
To me, A Death in Belmont has the best combination of story and production I've ever experienced in an audiobook. I've listened to at least a hundred different literary works on CD over the years - most of them non-fiction like this - and none can compare. I was thrilled and chilled throughout. No matter what else I had to do, I was always wanting to get back in the car so I could hear more.

The incredible story of the author's family's interaction with a serial killer is riveting. The depth, detail and analytic thought written so well by Junger is that much more enhanced by Kevin Conway's reading. I would listen to any book interpreted by the actor. Well, OK, maybe not "Complete Revision for The Intercollegiate MRCS", but anything else.

My one knock against ... Read More

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- Did He, or Didn't He
Sebastian Junger, best known as the author of the huge bestseller, The Perfect Storm, has one of the spookiest family photos that one can imagine. In that 1963 photo, baby Sebastian and his mother are posing in celebration with the construction workers who have just completed a project at the Junger home. What makes that photo so unusual is the fact that one of those workers is none other than Albert DeSalvo, the man who was soon to confess to the Boston police to being the infamous Boston Strangler.

That photo and the family's exposure to Albert DeSalvo became part of the Junger family folklore and it is the jumping off point for Junger's A Death in Belmont. The death referred to in the book's title happened just one mile from the Junger home and, although it bore all the earmarks ... Read More

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